The _Manhattans_, or _Great River_, being the chiefest, having with two wide Mouths wash’d the mighty Island _Watouwaks_, falls into the Ocean. The Southern Mouth is call’d _Port May_, or _Godyns Bay_. In the middle thereof lies an Island call’d _The States Island_; and a little higher the _Manhattans_, so call’d from the Natives, which on the East side of the River dwell on the Main Continent. They are a cruel People, and Enemies to the _Hollanders_, as also of the _Sanhikans_, which reside on the Western Shore. Farther up are the _Makwaes_ and _Mahikans_, which continually War one against another. In like manner all the Inhabitants on the West side of the River _Manhattan_ are commonly at Enmity with those that possess the Eastern Shore; who also us’d to be at variance with the _Hollanders_, when as the other People Westward kept good Correspondency with them. On a small Island near the Shore of the _Makwaes_, lay formerly a Fort, provided with two Drakes and eleven Stone Guns, yet was at last deserted. [Sidenote: Wholesom Waters.] This Countrey hath many removable Water-falls, descending from steep Rocks, large Creeks and Harbors, fresh Lakes and Rivulets, pleasant Fountains and Springs, some of which boyl in the Winter, and are cold and delightful to drink in Summer. The Inhabitants never receive any damage by Deluges; neither from the Sea, because the Water rises not above a Foot; nor by the swelling Rivers, which sometimes, for a few days covering the Plains, at their deserting them, leave them fat and fruitful. The Sea-Coast is Hilly, and of a sandy and clayie Soil, which produces abundance of Herbs and Trees. [Sidenote: Trees.] The Oak grows there generally sixty or seventy Foot high, and for the most part free from Knots, which makes it the better fit for Shipping. The Nut-trees afford good Fuel, and a strange Prospect when the Wood is set on fire, either to hunt out a Deer, or to clear the Ground fit to be Till’d. Some Plants brought hither, grow better than in _Holland_ it self, as Apples, Pears, Cherries, Peaches, Apricocks, Strawberries, and the like. [Illustration: NOVUM AMSTERODAMUM] [Sidenote: Vines.] Their Vines grow wild in most places, and bear abundance of blue, white, and Muskadine Grapes: Sometime since the Inhabitants made a considerable advantage by the Wine of them, which is not inferior to either _Rhenish_ or _French_. [Sidenote: Water Lemmons.] All manner of Plants known in _Europe_ grow in their Gardens: The Water-Lemmons, no less pleasing to the Palate than healthful when grown ripe; they are about the bigness of an indifferent Cabbage: the _English_ press a Juice out of them, which if it did not turn sowre in a short time, might well be compar’d with _Spanish_ Wine. The _Calabashes_ which grow there, made hollow, serve for Water-cups. Pumpions are also there in great abundance. [Sidenote: Wheat.]